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• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  you did in high school. Yes, MIT is harder than high school, but getting a 60 on a test won't be the end of the world in the same way. Also, if ... .111[/annotation] is known to have a much lower pass rate than tests like [annotation

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  in with the people who were going to serve it. As I went upstairs, I ... -community. These dorms run a second, in-house room assignment process, where students will move to a permanent assignment that better fits them. At Next and in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  in this field, etc. It is no longer a question that can be easily ... a question that is easily answered when we are five or six (princess ... . As time goes on, it is no longer just a question of what you want to be

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  . This is a subtle mention, but enough that I included it. It's Tóng Huà in ... . Arcade Fire) – My Body Is a Cage From in remembrance of the body. Another ... where is home? Why is this song titled Milk? Who knows. The album it's in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for Waitlisted Students

  In the near future, we'll have some advice and information here on the blogs about being waitlisted. In the meantime, feel free to use this forum to discuss anything waitlist-related.

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for Waitlisted Students

  

  In the near future, we'll have some advice and information here on the blogs about being waitlisted. In the meantime, feel free to use this forum to discuss anything waitlist-related.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred An open thread for deferred students.

  

  In the coming weeks, the blogs will have some thoughts & advice about being deferred. In the meantime, feel free to use this post's comments space to discuss anything deferral-related.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlisted

  

  In the near future, we'll have some advice here on the blogs about being waitlisted. In the meantime, feel free to use this post's comments space to discuss anything waitlist-related. And, if you haven't already

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Deferred Posting for deferred students.

  

  In the coming weeks, the blogs will have some thoughts & advice about being deferred. In the meantime, feel free to use this post's comments space to discuss anything deferral-related.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  trying to figure it out an attempt at a goodbye

  

  Whether I like it or not, my senior year at MIT is coming to a close. Classes are done, grades are in, and I’m beginning a senior-year road trip ... today. (In fact, I’m starting this post on a plane from Boston to Las

  • by Phi A. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Beaver Nation An intro to athletics at MIT

  

  a student-athlete in a place where the “student” part is so heavily ... that time is a valuable resource here. That’s why it’s a bit surprising ... important thing I can say is, in my 3 years on campus, I have never had to

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • November 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  decisions, decisions why are there so many of them

  

  / been in a class with every 14-1 and 14-2 in my year.']exceptionally rare ... ='i also was taking this in part to fulfill a requirement for a course 6 (cs) minor. i’m a firm believer in taking classes and just letting the minors

  • by Phi A. '21
  • September 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  in a concert that the team is organizing this fall! Ballroom is one of ... summer! This summer, I am doing research in synthetic biology as a member ... ! Another person I would like to give a shout-out is Katie Bodner ’15 (whom I

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  lifetimes, but a few laps around the parking lot tell me that this bad boi is ... .  It’s a nice view. Concrete strip malls and multilane highways in the ... .” But this is the one section of my commute that has a strong sense of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  is "someone who just eats to not starve," and 10 is "Phantom Gourmet ... just like good noms. There's a few eateries in the Cambridge/Boston that ... , I was fixing for a crepe late last week and strolled in to Sebastians

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  realizing this is rarely the case this became really clear to me around a ... comfortable writing this post my current view is that there is a lot of work to do in the world and there are a lot of problems to solve, and we win

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  , this can be seen like a trick question. In a conversation I had with a ... deportation procedures. In short, we can come with a lot of baggage; baggage that puts many, many obstacles in our way of graduating from a higher

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Welcome To Guild Camp [by Susan Shepherd '11] "Boot, Not Summer."

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] It was 5:30 a.m. on a Wednesday morning in ... character information: the white sheets that tell you who your character is ... , dinosaurs in feudal Japan, a traveling carnival gone horribly wrong, and the

  • by ARTalk
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Product Design, MIT style Sometimes, lab is the best place for a dance party.

  

  graduated and went home to spend a wonderful summer outside in the sunshine ... adventure known as 2.009. This is the famous capstone class for seniors in ... , but who really cares? just call it 2.009 like a normal person) and all

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 28, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  that this is, in fact, a theme of my overall life already. I read a ... This is part two of a series, consisting of a lightly ... ) Good morning! It’s a beautiful morning out here in the [annotation

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023